Map exhibits relentless march of Wagner troops in direction of Moscow as coup gathers tempo

As Wagner mercenaries launch an assault on Moscow, Express.co.uk has mapped the route the troopers are taking from Rostov-on-Don to the capital, as Vladimir Putin‘s regime seems to be in grave peril. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the warlord heading up Wagner, at this time led his troops into Rostov which is about 100km from the Ukrainian border.

Another unit then appeared to journey by means of the town of Voronezh, about six hours from Moscow.

Express.co.uk obtained video footage of lorries carrying tanks dashing down the M4 freeway within the Lipetsk space of the nation, which is barely to the north east of Voronezh.

Upon arriving in Rostov, Wagner troops took key army buildings together with the headquarters from which the Ukrainian struggle is being fought.

Reports have emerged that senior Russian officers have fled Moscow for St Petersburg, as Prigozhin’s males inch ever nearer to their goal.

A US analyst tweeted: “A pair of Russian government VIP jets (RA-96022, Il-96-300PU and RA-73025, A319-115(CJ)) are leaving Moscow Vnukovo International Airport, most likely evacuating to St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport.”

There have been studies that Wagner forces at the moment are being hit by airstrikes launched by the Russian army, on the M4 freeway working parallel to the Ukrainian border, in an try and push them again and maintain them from Moscow.

This comes after a outstanding Telegram channel, AP Wagner, was closely criticised Putin following his tackle on Saturday morning denouncing Prigozhin.

The channel wrote: “Pypa [Putin] made the wrong choice. So much the worse for him. Soon we will have a new president. To die for a Tuvan degenerate or for his drunken governor Gerasimov is the most ridiculous death possible.

“Move to the side of good. The most promising politician [Prigozhin] knows how to correct the situation and what needs to be done.

“All Wagner PMC commanders and ordinary employees are still loyal to the most promising politician and carry out the tasks that were assigned to them.”

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, mentioned in a publish on the identical social community that “we have one commander in chief. Not two, not three. One. And he urged everyone to unite.”

Ramzan Kadyrov, the chief of Chechnya, who has sided with Prigozhin up to now concerning his criticism of the army management, as an alternative backed Putin.

He mentioned merely that “the mutiny needs to be suppressed.”

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is known to have chaired a gathering of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee to debate the developments.

“We’re keeping a close eye on the situation, as it’s evolving on the ground as we speak,” Prime Minister Sunak instructed the BBC.

“The most important thing I’d say is for all parties to be responsible and to protect civilians, and that’s about as much as I can say at this moment.”

Asked whether or not he had spoken to Mr Zelenksy, Mr Sunak mentioned: “I’m in touch with our allies.

“I’ll be speaking to some of them later today, as you would expect us to be co-ordinated on a situation like this, but it is evolving as we speak.”